coozer
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| posted on 28/6/11 at 04:21 PM |
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Chassis Leg Repair?
My little pug failed mot on excessive corrosion near front suspension mount...
It looks to be accident related as theres nowt else underneath. I've cut most of the really bad rot out and am wondering hoe to tackle the
repair?
Do I weld a channel round the rail and a flat piece on top or just weld in bits and bobs to tie it all up??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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plentywahalla
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| posted on 28/6/11 at 05:49 PM |
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I am tackling body repairs on my classic Mini Cooper at the mo' and meeting similar challenges. My strategy is to repair it the same way it was
made.
Looking at the pic it seems that the underlying component is the tapered channel section (horizontal in the pic) which is braced by the secondary part
(with holes in it) which is half lapped over the first part and welded on.
Therefore I would repair the underlying component with a bent up channel section, and then repair the secondary part with a plate over the top.
Does that make sense?
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 28/6/11 at 07:16 PM |
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I agree with the above.
Thats how i would do it,put it back as close to original
as possible.
Andy
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coozer
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| posted on 28/6/11 at 07:23 PM |
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Ok, I'll have to chop a lot of the flat bit off.
Got any thin steel Andy??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 28/6/11 at 08:14 PM |
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I will have a look in the morning Steve and see what i have got.
I should have enought to do that.
Andy
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loggyboy
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| posted on 28/6/11 at 08:54 PM |
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Sod making it look even remotely original.
Cut out the blue, weld in 2 simple plates, the red then the green.
 
PugWeld
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mcerd1
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| posted on 30/6/11 at 05:09 PM |
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that looks familiar 
I made these from some 3mm plate I had - they were brilliant jacking points once they were welded in....
[Edited on 30/6/2011 by mcerd1]
[Edited on 30/6/2011 by mcerd1]
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coozer
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| posted on 30/6/11 at 06:06 PM |
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Cheers all, its done now and great thanks goes out to Andy who guided me through it. Without Andy's help I would be still scratching me head
now....
We ended up chopping a fair bit more out and welding 3 plates in. This let us weld from the inside of the original channel then box/cover the whole
lot. As said, makes a decent jacking point
Cheers,
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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mcerd1
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| posted on 30/6/11 at 07:01 PM |
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I see your ones got the anti-roll bar - you must have one of the posh ones
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lotusmadandy
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| posted on 30/6/11 at 07:07 PM |
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It was a pleasure to help out today Steve,i enjoyed the crack.We should
do it more often (not lying on our back's trying to weld though)
Thanks for all the wiring and the trunking as well mate.
Andy
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coozer
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| posted on 30/6/11 at 07:08 PM |
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Nowt posh about it... P reg 1.5D Noisy, heavy steering 70mpg.... Is it because its a S2???
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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mcerd1
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| posted on 30/6/11 at 07:28 PM |
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^^ I think its just because its not an early s1 1.0 LX with a carb like mine...
I bet you'll have other fancy bits like a 5 speed gearbox, 4 stud wheels and rear windows that open
I don't think I'll ever forgive mango for scraping mine 
[Edited on 30/6/2011 by mcerd1]
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